Annotation Tools

Owl Eyes
Hypothes.is
Ponder
Now Comment
Diigo
Genius Web Annotator

	Screenshots	Screencasting
Browser-Based Tools	Awesome Screenshot Snaggy Pixlr Grabber	Allows you to capture any portion of your screen. Has the additional feature of being able to record this as the video, not just a still Figure. (These tools require Java) Screenr Screencast-o-matic.com Screencastle.com
Downloadable Programs	Jing Skitch JShot Monosnap	Jing Quicktime (Mac OSX) CamStudio (Win)
iPad-Based Tools	Skitch Monosnap Picap Educreations Screenchomp Touchcast

What we often see in good reading instruction	Instructional practices (and some tools) that we can imagine for use with Connected Reading	Tech Tools
Time for independent, self-selected reading	Teach students how to effectively browse for books Curate a specific set of RSS feeds to deliver new reading material each day Create Personal Learning Network Create digital versions of book reviews	* Effective browsing: Goodreads, Shelfari, library website RSS feeds: Feedly, Flipboard Learning Network: Twitter
Teacher modeling his/her own reading processes before, during, and after reading	Record a “think aloud“ of your own digital reading experiences with receiving, searching, surfing, and stumbling Record mini-lessons on specific reading strategies using screencasting tools Demonstrate how you find and share reading materials using your PLN	Record aloud: Touchast, Camtasia Learning Network: Twitter, Connected Community
Focus on comprehension with opportunities to write before and after reading	Share prompts for pre- and post- reading via class website, text message, or social network Invite students to design their own polls and open-ended surveys about what they are reading Assign alternative writing assignments Add questions, quizzes, and annotations into reading assignments for increased comprehension	Polls and Surveys: Poll Everywhere, Survey Monkey, Google Forms Alt writing assignments: Digital Book Trailers Increase Comprehension: Curriculet *
Social, collaborative activities with discussion and interest-based grouping	Backchannel during class discussions Use brainstorming tools Invite shared annotations Collaborate on writing and reading Discuss and share thoughts on readings and other topics	Backchannel: Twitter, Today's Meet Brainstorming: Gliffy, Mindmeister, Popplet Annotation Sharing: Diigo, Subtext, Crocodoc, LitGenius Collaboration: Google Docs, Wikispaces, Ponder Discuss: Padlet
Use of reading in content fields with instruction in disciplinary literacy	Find, read, and share an Article of the Week Identify supplemental videos or materials to view before or after reading, shared on a class website	Article of the Week: Feedly, Flipboard, Subtext
Evaluation of higher-order thinking and a focus on students’ attitudes towards reading	Invite students – individually or in small groups – to record their thinking about a text as a screencast or VoiceThread Ask students to reflect on their reading and digital identities
Innovative ideas- projects, processes, curricula, and more- that are transforming how we teach and learn	Teaching Geopolitics: Fantasy Football as a Learning Game How Digital Games Help Teachers Make Connections to Lessons and Students Welcome to Epic, a School Where Students are Heroes on a Quest How Teachers Can Use Video Games in the Humanities Classroom	MindShift Games and Learning
Organize and focus digital reading better	Connect apps together to best fit user needs Focus on digital reading material by blocking out distractions and cleaning up webpages Bookmark frequently used sites for easy access	Connect: IFTTT, Evernote Focus: AdBlock, Clearly Bookmark: Symbaloo